MOTHER LIED TO A COMMUNITY ABOUT HER DAUGHTER HAVING WHEN SHE REGISTERED THE FIVE YEAR OLD -- FOR SCHOOL. THIS IS RILEY SLAUSON.. NICKNAMED SUPER RILEY. BUT ATLANTIC POLICE --- SAY THE MEDICAL RECORDS --- DID áNOT 30-YEAR-OLD LEATHA SLAUSON IS NEWSWATCH SEVEN WAS THERE THIS MORNING AS HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN PACKED UP AND LEFT THE HOUSE. HER HUSBAND NOW HAS SOLE CUSTODY OF THEIR FIVE KIDS K-E-T-V- NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL IS LIVE IN ATLANTIC JUST IN ATLANTIC AUTHORITIES SAY IT DIDN'T ADD UP WITH LEATHA SLAUSON'S STORY - SINCE OCTOBER OF 20-13..SHE'S CLAIMED HER FIVE YEA OLD DAUGHTER, RILEY..SUFFERED FROM SPARKED AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT IN THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY..A COMMUNITY THAT LEATHA SLAUSON IS BEHIND BARS NOW..AT THE CASS COUNTY JAIL.. SHE'S CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANDGERMENT..AND DISTRIBUTION TO DRUGS TO A CHILD, UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AUTHORITIES SAY..SHE'D BEEN GIVING HER FIVE YEAR OLD RILEY CANNABIS OIL..THEY SAY SHE GOT, ILLEGALLY. WE DID STOP BY THE FAMILY'S HOME TODAY - RIGHT AS WE SAW RILEY LEAVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY HAD NO COMMENT FOR US. RIGHT NOW..RILEY'S MOTHER LEATHA IS THE ONLY ONE FACING CHARGES..ATLANTIC POLICE SAY, THEY áHAVE QUESTIONED HER FATHER TOO. WE'VE DONE A RAISING EFFORTS FOR RILEY.. INVESTIGATORS SAY, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY'S BEEN RAISED. RILEY'S EVEN APPEARED WITH A MEDICAL-TUBE IN HER NOSE..AND HER HEAD SHAVED..THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE MADE HER AN HONORAY FIRE- FIGHTER. BUT POLICE FOUND ACTUALLY BEEN TO A DOCTOR, WHEN THE FAMILY WENT TO ENROLL HER IN KINTERGARDEN.(All the medical appointments were reportedly to Omaha, des Moines, Columbus, Missouri, things of that nature. That's part of what brought this light is when the school system went looking to create a program for this child the medical contacts weren't panning out. ) AND THAT IS WHEN THE WHOLE ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IF THERE MAYBE MORE CHARGES FOR YOU AT SIX LIVE IN ATLANTIC..KRISTYNA ENGDAHL K-E-T-V- NEWSWATCH SEVEN AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE ATLANTIC FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH RALLIED AROUND RILEY RELEASED THIS STATEMENT. "THE ATLANTIC FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE FAMILY TEOF SUPER RILEY. THIS IS NOW A FAMILY AND LEGAL MATTER. RILEY WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF HER DESIRE TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER SOMEDAY, AND OUR DESIRE TO MAKE HER DREAM COME TRUE." "UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES SHE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER AND WILL REMAIN AN HER NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN HER FUTURE." WE DUG -- A LITTLE DEEPER -- AND TOOK A CLOSER LOOK --- AT THE 'SUPER RILEY' FACEBOOK PAGE. IT HAS MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND 'LIKES' LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON-- AN ADMINISTRATOR POSTED.. "I AM SO STRESSED OUT. I JUST WANT TO RUN AWAY. WHY DO SOME CHOICES YOU MAKE TO HELP PEOPLE YA LOVE, TURN TO MAKE A MESS.." WE FIRST REPORTED ON RILEY SLAUSON IN LATE APRIL... ..ON A DAY WHEN IT SEEMED ALL OF ATLANTIC IOWA, INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RALLIED AROUND RILEY. (riley: i want to be a firefighter)(slauson: She's obessed with fire trucks and dalmations) FIVE-YEAR OLD RILEY-- AND HER MOM.. ON THIS APRIL DAY-- TREATED BY THE ATLLANTIC IOWA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO A SPECIAL RIDE you want to be a firefighter, is that right, that's what I though, but not everybody can be a firefighter, it takes a special person.) LEATHA SLAUSON TOLD US THEN-- AND AGAIN IN JULY-- THAT HER (Leatha Slauson/ Mom It's just spreading too fast) SASFEILD WALKED THROUGHOUT 16 MILES AROUND THE TOWN, RAISING MONEY FOR THE FAMILY-- SO THEY RILEY COULD FULFILL DREAMS OF GOING TO THE BACON FESTIVAL-- AND DISNEY WORLD.(Sarsfeild) It's a feeling you don't get every day, people helping other people and everyone's supporting what you are doing ) (Slauson) It's just been amazing I can't believe what Sean and all these other fire fighters did it's and amazing feeling ) THE MONEY -- PEOPLE IN SLAUSON FAMILY -- TO DISNEY WORLD... AND COVERED OTHER EXPENSES. THE CASS COUNTY, IOWA - ATTORNEY --- SHERIFF --- AND THE ATLANTIC POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF --- ENCOURAGED EVERYONE -- TO STOP MAKING ANY áMORE DONATIONS TO THE 'SUPER RILEY' FUND. BUT THIS IS KEY: IN THEIR STATEMENT-- THEY SAY 'IT IS OUR HOPE -- THAT THE SOFT HEARTS OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN HEAL AND ONCE AGAIN BE EAGER TO GIVE OF THEIR TIME, US-- LEATHA SLAUSON IS INNONCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DID SAY ADDITIONAL CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINST SLAUSON AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. NEW AT SIX...WHAT THOSE WHO GAVE TO THE CAUSE ARE SAYING ABOUT SLAUSON'S ALLEGED LIES.

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